RMI Outlet
Plug Into New Ideas
A Five-Step Program for Ending Our Oil Addiction
Every day, we haul goods, shuttle our kids to school, and jet to meetings and vacations on a foundation of fire. Imagine the drone of combustion replaced by the whisper of emission-free electric propulsion.
Electric Avenue: Portland Plugs into the Future
How do we get more drivers into electric vehicles? That was the dominant question posed at last week’s EV Roadmap 4, in Portland, Oregon.
The Sustainability Puzzle
Energy Efficiency, Resource Productivity, Sustainable Homes, and Green Businesses - how does this all fit together?
Solar Marches On
Krugman’s endorsement of solar energy is even more compelling when renewables such as solar are juxtaposed with fossil fuel-based electricity. Under our current system, the cost of electricity to consumers, businesses and society at large is intrinsically linked to the price of fuel.
Debate: Powering the Future vs. Propping up the Past
The long history of government subsidies and other forms of support provided to the nuclear, coal, oil, and natural gas has aided those now mature industries in reaching their current shares in electricity production. It's time to level the playing field.